Genotypic and phenotypic analysis of zwittermicin A-producing strains of Bacillus cereus

Microbiology

Volumn 142, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 3425-3436

  Raffel, Sandra J ^a   Stabb, Eric V ^a   Milner, Jocelyn L ^a   Handelsman, Jo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotics; Biocontrol; Biological control; Plant disease

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FATTY ACID ESTER;

AGRICULTURE; ALFALFA; ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENOTYPE; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030471444     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-142-12-3425     Document Type: Article

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